{"id":69023,"date":"2020-04-01T09:24:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T13:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=69023"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:38:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T19:38:34","slug":"poetry-is-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-7-8\/writing-2\/writing\/poetry-is-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry is everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Writing<\/h5>\n<h2>Welcome to April-Canada\u2019s National Poetry month!<\/h2>\n<h3>Goals<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>generate, gather and organize words, phrasing and ideas to write a found poem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Learning Task<\/h3>\n<p>Found poetry is created by taking words and phrases from a variety of \u2018found sources\u2019 and reframing them to create new meaning.<\/p>\n<p>What is a \u2018found source\u2019? It can be anything around you! One method of writing found poetry is by finding interesting words and phrases from magazines, newspapers or even in your recycling bin (cardboard boxes, flyers) and arrange them to communicate what you are thinking and feeling. Maybe you\u2019re feeling funny? Found poetry can be light-hearted or serious; it\u2019s your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Book spine poetry is a fun and a specific form of found poetry where you can create original poems using the titles written on the spines of books. You may add or delete words and punctuation to help with meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of book spine poetry (read the titles from top to bottom):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69024\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines-165x86.jpg 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines-1140x595.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines-945x493.jpg 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/BookSpines-750x391.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The children,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>All that matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>When we were alone<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Picking up the pieces,<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>[is a]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>State of wonder<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Language is fun: It\u2019s now your turn to find words and give them new meaning in a found poem! Consider taking others in your home on a word hunt too.<\/p>\n<p>If you, or someone in your home, uses twitter, post an image of your poem and tag @wrdsb. We would love to read them!<\/p>\n<h3>Here are some Writer\u2019s Notebook entries that intermediate students in the WRDSB have shared over the last few days:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am really thankful for my family right now and I am glad that everyone is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m sure everyone is annoyed right now, I am too. It is unlike everyday activities. Although it is important that we be responsible during this time, like staying at home and social distancing etc.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Daily! Don\u2019t forget to engage with your Writer\u2019s Notebook: Creating a Place for Reflection<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-7-8\/creating-a-place-for-reflection-day-one\/\">Note: please see the information in this lesson for guidance.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share your thinking, thoughts and wonderings with other students in the Waterloo Region District School Board as above, <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ApgiymrkgjjQh7PL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please share your journal entry using this form<\/a>. Your entry may be chosen to share within our system. This is NOT a requirement and it is your personal choice to share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found poetry is created by taking words and phrases from a variety of \u2018found sources\u2019 and reframing them to create new meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72722,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69023","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69023\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}